#9CA591#9CA591

#9CA591 is a light, muted yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.360; OKLCH L 70.9% C 0.030 H 127.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9CA591
RGB	rgb(156, 165, 145)
HSL	hsl(87, 10%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(87, 12%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(5.5%, 0%, 12.1%, 35.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.54, -6.93, 9.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.54, 11.59, 126.75°)
OKLab	oklab(70.9% -0.0181 0.0241)
OKLCH	oklch(70.9% 0.03 127)
XYZ	xyz(32.2755, 36.0224, 32.0352)
Luminance	0.3602 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	yellow-green

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Color harmonies

complementary

#9CA591 #9A91A5

analogous

#A5A491 #9CA591 #92A591

triadic

#9CA591 #919CA5 #A5919C

tetradic

#9CA591 #91A5A4 #9A91A5 #A59192

square

#9CA591 #91A5A4 #9A91A5 #A59192

split-complementary

#9CA591 #9192A5 #A491A5

monochromatic

#5F6754 #7E8970 #9CA591 #BAC1B3 #D9DCD4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.56

#9CA591 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.20

#9CA591 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9CA591

8.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9CA591	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9CA591	1.00	2.56	8.20	8.20
#FFFFFF	2.56	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.20	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.20	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A7A290

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A6A292

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9DA39F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9ca591;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(156, 165, 145);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.9% 0.030 127.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b9bfb1',
    500: '#9ca591',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9ca591;
$custom-light: #b9bfb1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9ca591",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 156,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 145
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 87,
    "s": 10,
    "l": 60.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70901,
    "c": 0.03018,
    "h": 127
  },
  "luminance": 0.36023
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9CA591

secondary

#C9C5CD

accent

#51946F

background

#FBFBFA

surface

#F6F7F5

border

#D0D0CF

text

#111210

muted

#80817F

Preview Lab

Preview with #9CA591

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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